Category Archives: The Good Life
Current Top Chef Odds
You’ve got to love having Top Chef in Vegas. Where else are you going to have the bookmakers giving weekly odds on the contestants? They are updated following the week nine restaurant wars episode and Bryan is still in fourth. No surprise … Continue reading
Filed under Food, Restaurant- misc., The Good Life
Black Ankle Vineyards
After all this time I finally got a chance to visit Black Ankle Vineyards. They have been open for about a year if I recall correctly and on my list of places to visit since I heard of their opening. So one … Continue reading
Filed under Booze, The Good Life, Wine
Banana Daiquiris
Forget that awful corn syrup laden; spawn of a chemistry set daiquiri mix. Here is a recipe that hearkens back to the true roots of the drink and is already a regular in our rotation: Put 1/2 to 3/4 oz … Continue reading
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An Outstanding Cookbook
The sleeper hit of Christmas has to be the book I gave Mrs. F called Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day by Jeff Hertzberg and Zoe Francois. In short this book is amazing. We have always dabbled in baking but this book … Continue reading
Filed under Food, Reading, The Good Life
Fred’s Not Dead
Sorry readers for the month hiatus. Two factors at play here. First, and foremost I have been swamped at work. Don’t construe this as a complaint- given the current state of the economy I am extremely grateful for this. Secondly I … Continue reading
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Happy Anniversary- Part III: A Look Ahead
This is the last post in my anniversary extravaganza. I wanted to let you know of some things I have planned for the blog. New Year’s resolutions if you will. 1. I want to increase the number of wine reviews. As you may … Continue reading
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Happy Anniversary- Part II: Things I learned
In reflecting back on my one year anniversary here are some things I learned in the first year of doing this. Some of them may be blindingly obvious but here they are (in no particular order): 1. Good writing is … Continue reading
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Happy Anniversary to Me
Well it is hard to believe but this little blog, which I started really on a whim and with no real plans or goals is coming up on its one year anniversary. I really never expected anyone to read it, in fact I … Continue reading
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My Endorsement for November 4th!
I am quite frankly so sick of the election that every time I’m near a TV I want to run screaming for the peaceful serenity of my wine cellar and start cracking open bottles. Come to think of it I … Continue reading
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Family Get Together
If you will allow me a little self indulgence I’d like to tell you about last weekend. We had a family (the Italian-descended side) get together in New Jersey. Before the party the wine geeks rendezvoued at the Wine Library and … Continue reading
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The Great Schism continued…
The interloper (as mazeway guessed) is the caipirinha. I have to admit that they are pretty darn good, and much quicker and simpler to make than a mojito, but they are just a notch below my beloved mojito to me. Not … Continue reading
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The Great Schism
Sundays in the summer when we are around have a nice rhythm in the Fred household. Get up, go to church, come home and adjourn to the pool for some relaxing and (of course) food, usually on the grill. As loyal readers will … Continue reading
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